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Council adopts two zoning changes to allow duplexes and convert lots to commercial use
Summary
Council approved a rezoning to allow two duplexes near the Amtrak area and adopted an amendment converting several residential lots to commercial frontage along Old Colony Road; both items had prior unanimous Planning and Zoning recommendations.
Tuscaloosa City Council voted to adopt two zoning amendments after staff presentations and applicants’ remarks.
Zoning amendment No. 30 was a rezoning request filed by Build Art LLC to rezone roughly 0.35 acres near the Amtrak station from MR1 to MR2 to allow construction of two duplexes. Planning and Zoning recommended approval unanimously. The applicant, Marcus Mes, appeared and answered questions; council voted to adopt the amendment.
Zoning amendment No. 31 was an amendment to a previously approved General Plan Development by Longleaf Engineering to change nine residential lots fronting Old Colony Road into three commercial lots as part of a larger 80-acre development. Tom Sams of Longleaf said converting the frontage to commercial use "suits this better" and described planned access arrangements; Planning and Zoning had unanimously recommended approval and council adopted the amendment.
Both approvals followed the city’s standard public hearing process and were recorded by unanimous vote. Public comment in both items was not offered or none appeared at the hearings.
